engleski

The competences of kindergarten teachers in the recogniton of musically gifted children – student opinions

Musical giftedness is a set of competences and abilities that can be recognized early in childhood. Scholars agree that early recognition of a musically gifted child can be vital for one’s further music development. Recognizing musical giftedness in a child is mostly left to parents themselves, although kindergarten teachers should be able to do it as well. The aim of our research is to determine how a child manifests his/her musical giftedness, and what set of skills is required from a kindergarten teacher in order to recognize such a child. We will also conduct a survey among sophomore students of early and pre-school education at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Education. In this survey, we will examine what students think is a musically gifted child, what competences should a kindergarten teacher have in order to recognize a musically gifted child and do they find themselves competent enough to recognize such a child. This paper will present the findings and suggest improvements in education of future kindergarten teachers in order to improve their competences in this field.

musically gifted child, competences of kindergarten teachers, early and preschool education, recognizing musical giftedness, student opinions

Priloženi su sažetak i poster koji je prezentiran na konferenciji